New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-20
rrwvoRx DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER q, 1887

who are unable to forget their vermiiorn,
appendaccs and cannot swallow grape seeu
without suffering in fancy all the panss VI
dissolution. :, .,
Oysters are with us once again. aioci' "'.
vet quite emancpaicd from the disaoiliucs VI
youth and the penalties Of multiplication. EYES
arc dcarcr and not all in every dozen preserve
| the ideal OF Caesars wife, but October butter'
already ours by Natures generous discount mas
, Favor and consistency which not even Tue
r;otous pasturagc of June is able 10 compass
Wild ducks from the prodisai Wes' are
alcady IN market, and the canyas-packs arc
consulting maps and timetables preparatory
TO descent on Chesapeake Bay. Inc hhooc
Island turkey is in the initial stages OF
process which at the present moment fills nm
with rapture because being happily dened
the gift of foresight, he cannot see tue ,nu
! from the beginning and recks not oil the lds'
Thursday in November.
And many other joys, negative ana posllNc.
are in prospect or possession. The sports Vi
SIMMER which had become WEAKNESS 10
the flesh, are giving place to others, ana tfese,
disguised by brief disuse. seem to be endowed
with all the charms of novelty. Inc picnic
season is past. Coney Island is in desolation'
,bc little German band has gone into winter
ouarters. Babylon has fallen for the last time
and oh priceless boon thc baseball season
- nearly over and the Giants will presently
retire TO private life But the streets arc filled
with animation, the hosptable doors OF inc
theatre stand wide open, there is going 10 oe
any amount OF fun in politics. the bay Is DIS
blue as the sky, and the Volunteer is eager 10
defend the Cup. Verify life is worth living
II does not look as il Mr.. Carlisle was gong
to have things all his own way.
The Beecher committee have shown wisdom III
selecting Mr. j. Q. A. Ward to design the famous
preachers statue. Now let Mr.. Ward have
large voice in deciding where the statue shall
stand.
This is the day fixed by Professor Virgins for
his lawful cataclysm which is TO sweep the
oountry. Virgins has on several occasions
heretofore proved himself unworthy OF beuei a.
+, rrcdictor Of storms, and after the ignomihious
failure Of the storm Of March II. 1883. "ihch
was 10 skip and bound from ocean to ocean anu
sprcad universal destruction on land ana sea. he
kcrt it'll, Qnict But recently he ooooe" UP
Serenely7 with another dreful warning oil genera
havoc and destruction from an "awfui cau'-
elysn.' We hope tins is to be the Ias' u ''''''
Tie Democratic party in Ohio is looking "P'-'N'
lanta Constitution.
II will have more space TO look up through
after November
CONGRESSMAN Barbour. of VIRGINIA. Is pl'Ning
for hiC stake in the election OF tic Legislature
this fall Visions OF seat in the United States
S~rnic are dancing before his eyes The VIZ
rinia elections may seem small TO some people,
but they are great to Harbour
One Of the most pathetic incidents OF the Exeter
Theatre fire was tic rescue OF n woman, who was
carried out OF the furnace OF fame upon INC m'cN
o, n brave man. lie WAS with his wife at the
play when the FIRE broke out and succeeded Ia
dragging her part way 10 the door where she fell
There was an Instant Of despair and bc"'lder-
mcut: and then he snatchei covering form
from tic floor in the dense crowd and Struggled
through the smoke and darkness to reach the
street with n shrlclxing woman his back. At
l,st ne WINS ont OF danger and brcathleSSlv
lowered his bur,len. Alas II not his wife
In the confusion and darkness lac had rescued
stranger and left his wife 20 be tram led To death
IN the lobldes Of the theatre.
Congressman Mills. Of Texas. wants Mr.. Car
Isle 20 ignore Mr. Randall in making no The
committees for the next House. What il Mr..
Randall shoull ignore Mr. Carlisle in the election
for Speaker
Ex-Governor Algcr. Of Michigan must have a
douhlc. An enterprising correspondent recently
assured Nc,y-Yorkcr, by cable that both Mr. Blaine
and Mr. Dcpcw declined Ia 10 regarded as typical
Americans by the Prince Of Wales, but that The
lhter presented Mr. Al-er aS ono deserving Of that
vague title. Mr.. Alcer. the Prince wns assured
was a sclf-made man. having been drummer
hoy in the war. and beginning life afterward 70
rise eventually 10 the Govcrnorship. BY an In
ter.sting coincidence this rpoTt reached Detroit
in time to be shown 10 gentleman who IS
commonly supposed there u he Ex-Governor Alger.
nut who is doubtless impoStor. This man
said he began life before the war. never q
drummer boy. was never at lIomburg in bIs life,
and never saw tie Prince az Walls IL is in this
way that the achievements Of journalism are de-
preciated by envious and narrow minded persons
General Sherman SAYS that with the Detroit
reunion and the meeting of the Grand Army at
St Louis. reunions and banquc,s are coming TO
an end with him, as he is growing too old. The
General is entirely mistaken about that, and one
or two rosebud parties may induce him 70 change
his mind
One Of tic latest freaks OF military science is the
training OF watch dogs for sentry duty. The
French War Minister has given orders that dogs
shall be tried in connection with advance-post
duty and taught 10 bark at the approach of an
enemy or stranger Dogs are also 10 be used as
scouts; and IL they prove useful they are to be
attached 20 all the line regiments and stationed
regularly with the double scutries. letting
LOOSE the dogs OF war thus promises 10 have a